Palaeoscolex is the type genus of the Palaeoscolecid worms, and served as a wastebasket taxon.[1] until its taxonomy was revised and many of its taxa assigned to Wronascolex.[2]
Palaeoscolex | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Class: | †Palaeoscolecida |
Family: | †Palaeoscolecidae |
Genus: | †Palaeoscolex |
The type and only unequivocal species is P. piscatorum, known from mid-trunk segments.[3][4]